Maxim
The fastest enterprise AI gateway for routing, governance, guardrails, and observability. Compatible with all model SDKs and designed for real-world scale.
Maxim is an open-source alternative to:
Bifrost is the fastest, most resilient enterprise-grade AI gateway for routing, governance, guardrails, and observability. Built for real-world scale, it provides a unified control plane to manage LLM, MCP, and agent workflows with drop-in compatibility for all major AI SDKs.
Key Features
- Ultra-low latency routing: 20 microseconds added latency and 5,000 req/s throughput
- Multi-provider support: Access 8+ providers and 1000+ AI models through a unified interface
- Governance & budgeting: Set spending limits, track costs, and enforce access control via SSO
- Guardrails & security: Real-time model protection to block unsafe outputs and maintain compliance
- MCP gateway integration: Built-in support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools
- Observability: Comprehensive monitoring and audit logging for production environments
- Drop-in replacement: Compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, and more
- Enterprise scalability: Designed for high-volume production workloads with 99.9% uptime
Tech / Self-Hosting
Bifrost is open source and can be self-hosted via Docker or deployed through Maxim's managed service. The open-source version includes all core features, while the enterprise edition adds advanced governance, budgeting, and support for custom models. Quick setup with a single line of code change to replace existing AI SDKs.